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Nonexistent Knight and the Cloven Viscount | Italo Calvino

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Two novellas: the first, a parody of medieval knighthood told by a nun; the second, a fantasy about a nobleman bisected into his good and evil halves. Bravura pieces... executed with brilliance and brio (Chicago Tribune). Translated by Archibald Colquhoun. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book"

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The Nonexistent Knight and The Cloven Viscount: Two Short Novels | Italo Calvino

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A whimsical but thoughtful tale of knights, names, and deeds. I can‘t help but imagine it as a Wes Anderson film.

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The Nonexistent Knight and The Cloven Viscount: Two Short Novels | Italo Calvino

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This was, from a technical perspective, an amazing literary feat. I have to chew over this to properly extract the things Calvino did with this book. I mean, it is only 133 pages but so amazingly constructed.

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